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Chaosium was born out of fiction. Greg Stafford discovered Glorantha through his writings which led him to founding the company. Only a few years later, Chaosium turned H.P. Lovecraft’s most famous story of the Cthulhu Mythos into our most award winning RPG game, Call of Cthulhu, writ … read more

Publishing company Chaosium, known for such beloved games as Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest, and fiction, such as the anthology Cassilda’s Song, is pleased to announce the appointment of award-winning editor and author James Lowder as executive editor of fiction. Chaosium President Rick Meints c … read more

Chaosium welcomes Rapier Miniatures as our newest licensee! UK-based Rapier have been gaming in Glorantha for 35 years, and now they get to make the figures they've always wanted for this world.Rapier are starting in Prax, and will be rolling out a range of Bison Riders first, closely followed … read more

Fateful words of Lovecraftian horror... in anapaestic tetrameter. Take a quick peek inside the The Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers. H. P. Lovecraft’s classic short story, gloriously reimagined as a children’s book by R.J. Ivankovic.Available now, exclusively from Chaosium.Geni … read more

If Facebook's your thing, come join us in the Chaosium tribe over there: 26,000 chaos cultists now!You can also be part of the tribe on G+ and through our forums at BRP Central, or follow Chaosium on Twitter. However you do it, let's create mythic stories together! … read more

Here's some more art we recently shared with the 13th Age in Glorantha Kickstarter backers.Consulting our Thanatar Catechism, we're told that priests of Atyar are known as Horns. The acolyte of Atyar is by Rich Longmore. She's wielding at least one magic-blasting head, and will be accompanied b … read more

By Jeff RichardIn my last design note I mentioned that while the new RQ Design team widely agreed RuneQuest 2nd Ed wasn't broken, it had some weak points: these were - how Rune Magic was obtained, social interactions, and the disconnect between Initiate and Rune Master.For the new RQG … read more

Work is proceeding apace to complete the 13th Age in Glorantha book, and we're getting a whole lot of wonderful art back from the artists we've engaged. Here is some art we recently shared with the 13AG Kickstarter backers, showing off some cool magical effects.The first piece is Caleb Cle … read more